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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1969
Page
2
Viet Cong guerrillas blew a 250 foot timber and iron bridge on Highway 6A near Mo Cay and Ben Tre in the Mekong Delta, injuring one militiaman and halting traffic. It followed a prior bridge destruction near Saigon four days earlier.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a targeted tax cut affecting about seven million middle income taxpayers left out of the broader reform. Rep. Wilbur Mills said the omission stemmed from a misunderstanding and that rates for married couples earning between 7 333 and 13 647 dollars annually would be lowered as part of the two stage plan. The reform bill seeks roughly a five percent reduction across all brackets by 1972.
American dress critic Blackwell blasted Jacqueline Onassis for looking like a child at her marriage and attacked Elizabeth Taylor and Queen Elizabeth II for their fashion. He also discussed Margaret and denounced Elizabeth’s style, while Mary Hearst wins custody in a separate divorce case involving George Hearst Jr.
A 73 year old Philadelphia widower John Scott McCreery armed with a five inch razor and a knife tried Tuesday to force the pilot of an Eastern Airlines jetliner from Syracuse to Tampa to fly to Cuba. He was arrested by the FBI after walking off the plane in Tampa flight 379 had departed Charlotte with 70 aboard after a prior stop in Philadelphia. Captain William C. Wilson refused to divert for fuel and the man returned to his seat. Robeson Ailing Star Paul Robeson 71 hospital bound in Philadelphia for heart treatment at University Hospital. The Rutgers Phi Beta Kappa graduate is noted for Shakespeare Othello on Broadway and his controversial stance in the 1930s and 40s toward Russia.
Jimmy Brown former all pro football star and actor named in three warrants in Beverly Hills Municipal Court. Warrants allege felony assault misdemeanor battery and leaving the scene of an accident from a West Hollywood auto crash last week. Brown to surrender in court today as per Sheriff's Information Bureau. A separate report notes a new speed boat gifted by Aristotle Onassis to Jacqueline Onassis caught fire and exploded injuring the ship’s second mate.
Comedienne Phyllis Diller was robbed of gems worth about a quarter million dollars at the Highlander Inn in Warrensville Heights near Cleveland while she performed. Thief stole a 35 carat star sapphire a 100 carat cabochon emerald and several diamond pieces. This was her third burglary in three years.
Police say a private car belonging to Princess Christina was stolen Tuesday outside Hagaberg’s royal mansion on Deland. The vehicle was found wrecked five miles away and a 22 year old Swede was arrested on theft and drunken driving charges.
Mohammad Hashim, a 22 year old polytechnic student, was sentenced to five years hard labor after pleading innocent to firing two shots at former President Ayub Khan during a Pakistan Muslim League meeting in Peshawar last November.
Judge Solomon Liss described the defendant as a walking population explosion before him. William Bentley of Baltimore was found guilty of raping a 13 year old girl in February 1968 and given four years to keep him off the streets for part of his productive years. He was already serving a two year term for failing to support his family.
Beverly McKittrick a 37 year old Miami secretary says she is in love with comedian Jackie Gleason and they plan to marry after his divorce. Gleason 53 confirms the romance as he seeks a divorce from Genevieve after New York law changes on separation grounds. They head to a 10 day Bahama yacht cruise soon.
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